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23 May How Real Estate Photography Helps Sell Your Home
You’ve heard it before "a picture is worth a thousand words" and in real estate, a great picture is often worth several thousand dollars. Great photography helps sell your home. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, 90% of buyers look online prior to contacting an agent. But buyers won’t click to learn more — let alone request a showing — if those first few photos don’t immediately draw them in.The Benefits of Real Estate Photography
Here are top tips for generating buyer interest with great real estate photography. These tips are directly from the desks of our REALTORS® selling real estate in St. Louis.
17 May A Final Walk-Through Checklist for Home Sellers
When you sell your house, the buyer will do a last “walk-through” with their agent — usually a day or two before closing. The walk-through is a big deal for the buyer because it’s their first opportunity to see the house without any of the...
17 May Closing Day: What Sellers Should Expect
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16 May Declutter Your Home: 9 Simple Tips from a Real Estate Agent
Selling a home is complicated, but it doesn’t have to be messy. In fact, decluttering your home prior to a showing or open house is a great way to increase your home’s appeal to buyers. From our experienced team of St. Louis REALTORS®, here are...
16 May Home Inspections for Sellers: Are They a Waste of Money?
Importance of Home Inspections We are real estate agents in St. Louis, and home sellers often ask us, “Do I really need a home inspection? Aren’t inspections mostly for the buyer?” If you’re selling a home, you should get a “pre-sale” home inspection. It’s well worth...
16 May Property Value: How Much Is Your House Worth?
When it comes to selling a house, setting the right price is critical. Set a price too high, and a house can sit on the market for ages. Set it too low and you can easily lose out on thousands of dollars. Pricing is an...
16 May Investing in Home Staging: Is it Important?
A lot has changed since we first started selling houses in St. Louis, but many sellers continue to ask the same question: “Why should I stage my home?” The answer is pretty simple: Staging sells. Staging Sells Not only that but staged homes sell faster. According to...
16 May Responding to Home Offers: 4 Tips for Success
How to Successfully Respond to Home Offers In a perfect world, you get the full asking price (or more) for your home right away — no negotiation necessary. But, not every offer is at or above asking price, and deciding how to respond to an offer...
16 May What Are Contingencies? Things to Know When Selling Your Home
We’ve been working in St. Louis real estate for more than a decade, and home sellers often ask us: “What exactly is a contingency?” Apart from being a fancy word, contingencies are very important in the home sale process. Here’s what you need to know about...
15 May 7 Ways to Boost Home Value: REALTOR® Secrets Revealed
Simple and Affordable Way to Boost Your Home Value Selling your home and want to increase your sale price? You don’t have to remodel the whole kitchen (in fact, you probably shouldn’t). As part of the most trusted team in St. Louis real estate, Hermann London’s...
15 May Top 4 Questions to Ask a Realtor When Selling Your Home
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15 May Top 6 Real Estate Agent Qualities to Look For
Choosing the right real estate agent is a big decision. A professional agent will guide you through selling a home from start to finish — helping with home valuation, staging, negotiation, and, of course, all the corresponding paperwork. You want the winning combination of experience,...
15 May Real Estate Terms: Understanding the Lingo
Selling a home is complicated. And just like anything complicated, residential real estate has its distinctive lingo. Get the inside scoop on 7 of the most important real estate terms you should know from Hermann London, St. Louis’ most experienced and trusted real estate agency. 7...
14 May When is the Best Time to Sell a House in St. Louis?
The Best Time to Sell a House Trying to decide when is the best time to list your home for sale? Choosing the right time to list is crucial — right up there with determining the asking price. In the St. Louis market (and elsewhere), there...
13 May 8 Tips to Ensure a Worry-Free Moving Day
Selling your house is a big adventure, but there’s no doubt: It’s a lot of work. Just because you accept an offer doesn’t mean the journey is over. There’s still closing — when payment is settled, the title is transferred, and you hand over the keys. And you still have to move.Are You Ready for the Big Move?
Regardless of where you’re going next, the moving process itself isn’t very fun — it’s tiring, time-consuming, and potentially expensive. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be stressful. From our experienced Hermann London real estate agents in St. Louis, here are 8 helpful tips to ensure a worry-free moving day:
13 May Do I Need a Real Estate Agent? Pros and Cons
More than 90% of home sellers use a listing agent, and there’s a simple reason: selling a house is hard and complicated work. In the right market at the right price, a house can sell within a few days of listing. Under more challenging conditions,...
13 May Tips for a Flawless Open House: Do’s and Don’ts
If you search Google for anything related to open houses, you’ll find a fair number of people saying that open houses don’t sell homes. But, those people are actually wrong. According to a study by the National Association of REALTORS®, 45% percent of buyers said they...
29 Feb Ask The Experts: What is the Downside of a Seller Pricing Their Property too High?
We asked the experts (our agents) what is the downside of a seller pricing their property too high? Read their responses below to help price your home right and avoid the pitfalls of pricing your home too high. Selling your home? Contact one of our agents...
28 Feb Ep. 24: Assistants with Rebecca Rose
SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES In this episode Adam interviews Rebecca Rose about how real estate agents are losing money by NOT hiring an assistant. Email questions to PODCAST@HermannLondon.com WHAT'S INSIDE :55 Adam introduces Rebecca Rose, a real estate assistant expert 2:23 Why does Rebecca like being a real estate agent assistant 2:53...